1 Full month of Reliance Big TV Experience...

Finally, after watching for a month now, I'm in a better position to give a review of BigTV. After getting over the initial euphoria of finally subscribing to DTH and getting better audio and video quality, now is the time to do a reality check. 

First I will start with the pros. No doubt, Big TV does offer better video and audio quality. I've watched Tata Sky as well and felt that Big TV does offer better audio and video quality. However, video quality would make better sense on a plasma or LCD HDTV. 

Now coming to the cons. The package is expensive just like the other DTH services. Channels like Neo Cricket, CNN, HBO have been offered free of cost only for the first month and after that you have to subscribe to these channels. So to get these, one may have to end up paying almost Rs. 100 extra per month. 

Watched New Bond Movie "Quantum of Solace"

Yesterday, finally watched the new James Bond 007 movie "Quantum of Solace". The movie is a sequel to the previous 007 instalment "Casino Royale" and starts right within hours of where it ended. Bond is once again portrayed by Daniel Craig and who has done a pretty good job as 007. The movie is about Bond taking revenge for killing of Vesper Lynd in Casino Royale. The vengence with which he accomplishes his revenge reminded me of the tagline for another Bond movie "License to Kill", which was "His Dark Side is a Dangerous Place to be".

In comparison to Casino Royale, the movie doesn't seem that intense and not upto it's level in terms of story and screenplay, but it makes it up with the speactacular action sequences which have been such an integral part of Bond movies. Also, the use of technology in the movie is absolutely stunning, especially the giant Microsoft-Surface style table with multi-touch which M and other MI6 agents use with ease, simultaneously. The scene where one of the Bond girls is shown killed by completed painted in Crude resembling the iconic scene from Goldfinger, is truly representative today's present world, where Crude has replaced Gold as the most precious commodity. 

What I missed most in the movie was the presence of Q who has been such a regular part of Bond movies.  Also, missed the quintessential Bond dialogue "Bond, James Bond", which was never uttered in the movie. Maybe the director felt that the dialogue was not needed in context of the story. But still I hope that it comes back in the next edition. 

But overall, I like the direction in which the Bond series is moving keeping in touch with the comtemporary world. But at the same time, I would like to see the quitessential Bond back. I will recommend you to go watch at least for the action sequences in the movie.